Confused about AMD Athlon 64 types

[Tweek]

I have found that sometimes the mainboard and chipset can have an impact on
overclockability. I previously had an Abit AX8 with a VIA chipset. I have
two 512MB PC3200 modules from Rosewill, very inexpensive memory. With that
board, I couldn't get my 3200+ beyond 2.2Ghz without any problems. With my
new board, an Abit AN8 with the Nforce 4 chipset, I can get to 2.35Ghz
before running into problems and I think it is the memory holding me back.
With the same overclock, I should be able to get near 2.6Ghz with the SD.
The multiplier on these cpu's are locked going up, but you can reduce it if
you want. I think you may be suprised at how far you can clock your memory.
Usually even the cheapest memory can be upped a little.

 

[Fisher]

I have found that sometimes the mainboard and chipset can have an impact on
overclockability. I previously had an Abit AX8 with a VIA chipset. I have
two 512MB PC3200 modules from Rosewill, very inexpensive memory. With that
board, I couldn't get my 3200+ beyond 2.2Ghz without any problems. With my
new board, an Abit AN8 with the Nforce 4 chipset, I can get to 2.35Ghz
before running into problems and I think it is the memory holding me back.
With the same overclock, I should be able to get near 2.6Ghz with the SD.
The multiplier on these cpu's are locked going up, but you can reduce it if
you want. I think you may be suprised at how far you can clock your memory.
Usually even the cheapest memory can be upped a little.

Yea, a little but not too much. My 2.66ghz P4 is OC right now to
3.0ghz, that's worth it to me. My ram still has lots of head room with
that cpu OC as it is a 533 FSB Northwood cpu and the ram is 200mhz but
the cpu is pretty well tapped out unless I upped the voltage and got
better cooling but 3.0ghz is good enough for me. I think I would have
to buy PC4000 or PC4400 if I really wanted to make an AMD64 sing.